Tuner, Jonathan H. creator text xxu New Jersey Pearson Prentice Hall c2006 monographic eng

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xiv,413 p: ill; 25cm. Contents: The Sociological imagination -- The Origins and nature of sociology -- The Scientific method and sociology -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology -- Basic elements of social organization -- Biology -- Culture -- Social structure -- Social interaction -- Socialization -- Social control -- Types of social structures: corporate units -- Encounters -- Groups -- Organizations -- Communities -- Types of social structures: stratification of categoric units -- Class stratification -- Ethnic stratification -- Gender stratification -- Institutional systems -- Economy -- Government -- Kinship and family -- Religion -- Education -- Social change and transformation -- Social movements -- Revolution, war, and terrorism -- Globalization -- Population and ecology. Jonathan H. Tuner Includes index Sociology HM586.T87 0131134965 120517